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ESSAYS
 ESSAYS

The word essay has been derived

from a French word ‘essayer’ which
means ‘to try’ or ‘to attempt’.
 ESSAYS

Classified as non-objective tests, allow for the

assessment of higher order thinking skills.
Such tests require students to organize their
thoughts on a subject matter in coherent
sentences in order to inform an audience.
 ESSAYS

In essay tests, students are required to write

one or more paragraphs on a specific topic.
ESSAY QUESTIONS CAN BE USED TO MEASURE
ATTAINMENT OF A VARIETY OF OBJECTIVES

1. COMPARING
2. RELATING CAUSE-AND-EFFECT
3. JUSTIFYING
4. SUMMARIZING
5. GENERALIZING
ESSAY QUESTIONS CAN BE USED TO MEASURE
ATTAINMENT OF A VARIETY OF OBJECTIVES

6. INFERRING
7. CLASSIFYING
8. APPLYING
9. ANALYZING
10. EVALUATING
11. CREATING